Daily Archives for 4 April 2015


April 4: Civil Rights Events in Memphis Tennessee

On 4 April 1968, prominent civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was fatally shot in the neck while standing on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee. Dr. King had come to Memphis to offer support for a local sanitation strike. His march on 28 March 1968 for this same strike […]